Many Americans think it is dangerous for people to have guns in their homes.. I don’t think it is dangerous for people to have guns in their homes.. pause for repeat Max: Sandy doesn’t
Trang 1Interview 2 Sandy Steele: Many Americans feel that guns are bad
Larry: Interview
Sandy doesn’t think that guns are bad
Kathy: Our guest today is Sandy Steele
Sandy, many Americans feel that guns are bad
They think it is wrong for people to own guns
Sandy: Well, I don’t agree
I like to go hunting
I need a gun to go hunting
I don’t think it is wrong for people to own guns
Kathy: What about guns in people’s homes?
Many Americans think it is dangerous for people to have guns in their homes
Do you think so?
Sandy: No, I don’t
I don’t think it is dangerous for people to have guns in their homes
Kathy: Thanks, Sandy
Our guest is Sandy Steele We’ll talk more after our break
This is New Dynamic English
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Vietnamese Explanation
Trong đoạn tới, quí vị nghe và lập lại
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Language Focus Sandy doesn’t feel that guns are bad
Larry: Listen and repeat
Max: Many Americans feel that guns are bad
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(pause for repeat)
Max: Sandy doesn’t feel that guns are bad
(pause for repeat)
Max: Do you think guns are bad?
(pause for repeat)
Max: Many Americans think it is wrong for people to own guns
(pause for repeat)
Max: Sandy doesn’t think it is wrong for people to own guns
(pause for repeat)
Max: Do you think it is wrong for people to own guns?
(pause for repeat)
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Vietnamese explanation
Trong phần tới, một thính giả gọi vào đài—Ðó là cô Mary ở Chicago cô cho rằng súng giết hại hàng ngàn người Guns kill thousands of people.=súng gây tử thương cho hàng ngàn người If we control guns, we can save lives.=nếu ta kiểm soát súng, ta có thể cứu sống nhiều mạng người Control=kiểm soát; save=cứu sống; lives số nhiều của life=mạng sống If there were no guns, there would still be criminals GIẢ SỬ NHƯ, nếu không có súng thì vẫn còn những kẻ tội phạm Ðể ý đến cách dùng IF
Ở mệnh đề If, động từ ở hình thức WERE DÙNG CẢ CHO CHỦ TỪ SỐ ÍT HAY SỐ NHIỀU, NẾU
LÀ ÐỘNG TỪ BE, HAY Ở QUÁ KHỨ NẾU LÀ ÐỘNG TỪ KHÁC Ở MỆNH ÐỀ CHÍNH, DÙNG WOULD + VERB If I were you, I would not take that job.=tôi mà là anh thì tôi không nhận làm việc đó If I had a million dollars, I would buy a lot of things=giả thử như tôi có một triệu đô la, thì tôi có thể mua nhiều thứ [Sự thật tôi không có.] Mệnh đề IF ở trên diễn tả một điều trái với hoàn cảnh thực sự If criminals didn’t have guns, everyone would be much safer.=ví thử như những kẻ tội phạm không có súng, thì mọi người có thể an toàn hơn
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Telephone: If we control guns, we can save lives
Larry: Telephone
The caller thinks that guns should be controlled Thính giả gọi vào đài cho rằng phải kiểm soát súng
a criminal=kẻ tội phạm; a crime=tội ác
Guns kill thousands of people.=súng làm thiệt mạng hàng ngàn người
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If there were no guns, there would still be criminals.=giả sử như không có súng, thì vẫn còn những
kẻ tội phạm
Kathy: Now it’s time for a phone call
Hello You’re on the air with New Dynamic English
Mary: Hello My name is Mary I’m from Chicago
Each year, guns kill thousands of people
If we control guns, we can save lives
Sandy: I don’t agree
The problem is criminals, not guns
If there were no guns, there would still be criminals
Mary: Well, criminals use guns
And guns kill people
If criminals didn’t have guns, everyone would be much safer
Kathy: Thank you, Mary, for your comments
And Sandy, thank you for being our guest today
Sandy: Thank you, Kathy
Kathy: Let’s take a short break
This is New Dynamic English
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Vietnamese Explanation
Trong đoạn tới, xin nghe và lập lại
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Language Focus Who do guns kill?
Larry: Listen and repeat
Max: Guns kill thousands of people each year
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(pause for repeat)
Kathy: Who do guns kill?
(pause for repeat)
Max: They kill people
(pause for repeat)
Kathy: How many people do guns kill?
(pause for repeat)
Max: They kill thousands of people each year
(pause for repeat)
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Vietnamese Explanation
Trong đoạn tới, ta nghe lại mẩu đàm thoại giữa hai vợ chồng trong nhà bếp vì thiếu cà phê
Cookies=bánh ngọt Harry đọc nhầm trong phiếu mua đồ (shopping list); anh đọc nhầm coffee ra cookies
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Daily Dialogue: No Coffee! (Part 3)
Larry: Daily Dialogue: No Coffee! (Part 3)
Harry made a mistake when he read the shopping list
I thought you wrote “cookies!”
Larry: Listen to the conversation
SFX: footsteps entering room
Susan: Good morning, Harry!
(short pause)
Harry: There’s no coffee, Susan
(short pause)
Susan: What do you mean there’s no coffee?
(short pause)
Trang 5Harry: I mean there isn’t any coffee
(short pause)
Susan: There’s no coffee because you forgot to buy it
(short pause)
Harry: But I can’t wake up without coffee
(short pause)
Susan: Well, why didn’t you buy it?
(short pause)
Harry: I didn’t buy it because it wasn’t on the shopping list
(short pause)
Susan: But, Harry I wrote it on the list
(short pause)
Harry: Here’s the list do you see “coffee?”
(short pause)
Susan: Yes! It’s right here: “Milk, eggs, coffee.”
(short pause)
Harry: Oh I thought you wrote “cookies!”
(short pause)
Susan: Oh ! (as in ‘I get it!)
(short pause)
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Vietnamese Explanation
Quí vị vừa học xong bài 122 trong Chương Trình Anh Ngữ Sinh Ðộng New Dynamic English Phạm Văn xin kính chào quí vị và xin hẹn gặp lại trong bài học kế tiếp
Trang 6Anh Ngữ sinh động bài 123
16 January 2006
Bấm vào đây để nghe
Nghe trực tiếp trên mạng Bấm vào đây để nghe
Bấm vào đây để tải xuống
Ðây là Chương Trình Anh Ngữ Sinh Ðộng New Dynamic English, bài 123 Phạm Văn xin kính chào quí vị thính giả Mở đầu bài học, quí vị nghe phần câu đố riddles This week’s questions will be riddles=tuần này những câu hỏi là những câu đố A joke=câu khôi hài
Question of the Week (question): Riddles
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Larry: Question of the Week!
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Max: It’s Question of the Week time
We’re going to do something a little different this week
Kathy: Something different?
Max: Yes!
This week our questions will be riddles
Do you remember what a riddle is, Kathy?
Kathy: I think so
A riddle is a kind of word game, isn’t it?
It’s a question without an easy answer
Max: That’s right, Kathy
The first riddle is: Why isn’t your nose twelve inches long?
Why isn’t your nose twelve inches long?
And riddle number two
Why do birds fly south in the winter?
Why do birds fly south in the winter?
We’ll have our answers next week
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NDE Closing
Larry: A Question for You
Max: Now here’s a question for you
Larry: Listen for the bell, then say your answer
Max: Do you think guns are bad? Why do you think so?
(ding)
(pause for answer)
Max: Um Hmm
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Vietnamese Explanation
Trong phần câu chuyện giữa bài, Story Interlude, ta học về dị ứng—allergy, allergies You sound like you have a cold.=bạn nghe như có vẻ đang bị cảm I’m having problem with my allergies=tôi đang
bị dị ứng To sneeze=hắt hơi, nhảy mũi Khi nghe ai nhảy mũi, ta dùng câu “Bless you.” Và khi nghe ai nói “Bless you,” ta trả lời “Thank you.” Allergic=adj bị dị ứng I’m allergic to pollen.=tôi bị
dị ứng phấn hoa To be allergic to something.=không chịu, không ưa điều gì To bloom=nở Allergy pill=thuốc chống dị ứng A box of tissues=hộp giấy mỏng mềm để lau mũi
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Story Interlude: Allergies
Larry: OK that’s all for today, folks
Kathy: Thanks, Larry
Max: Oh, Kathy, you sound like you have a cold
I see you’ve got a box of tissues with you
Are you sick?
Kathy: Oh, no Not exactly
I’m having a problem with my…my…
(sneezes)
Max: Bless you!
Kathy: Thank you I’m having a problem with my allergies
Max: Oh, that’s too bad